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Newspaper

Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Apr 24, 1978

Page

7

Hawthorne Track Meet Relays Highlight Potatoes On Spoon

A Hawthorne Elementary School track meet draws a large crowd as students race relay events and a potato on a spoon. Teachers join a surprise teachers race while spectators cheer. Snacks and hot dogs follow as Rebecca Jo Robbins is noted as a young attendee with family roots cited in Pomona Wellsville Ottawa area communities.

Carol More Hawthorne Ralph Loyd Rebecca Jo Lloyd Robbins Pomona Rebecca Shane Alan Lloyd Robbins Jr Bill Garrett Ottawa Rfd Lloyd Robbins Sr C. D. Garrett Wellsville Nora Klein N. Poplar Arlie Kunard Richmond Lillie McCullough

SITE Council Has Meeting At Franklin Center

The SITE Council met at the Franklin County Senior Center on April 17 with all seven members present. Norma Redick announced Mary Jane Fleming as nutrition SITE manager and a new 15 passenger mini bus purchased from the county fund will belong to the Senior Center. Plans for a June 8 picnic were set and a second project council meeting scheduled for April 26 in La Cygne.

Franklin County Senior Center Mary Anna Pratt Norma Redick Olathe Seven County Area Mary Jane Fleming Willa Henderson Franklin County Council la Cygne

Problems By Ann Landers Paraphrase and clocks on February pronunciation

Dear Ann Landers notes confusion over how to say February with Walter Cronkite replying. The letter cites dictionaries and guides, quotes Gilbert Higher and references teaching mortality lines, all in a compact debate about pronunciation and behavior.

Dear Ann Landers Walter Cronkite Gilbert Higher

February Freak Letter Sparks Language Debate About Pronunciation

A reader scolds the use of English with Family as a principal offender and protests Cronkite’s pronunciation stance. The letter claims Walter Cronkite supports keeping the air of his program unchanged and notes dictionaries show February pronunciation variants, with references from multiple dictionaries.

Cronkite

Community Club Forecast Schedule and Meetings

A listing of local group gatherings for Monday through Wednesday includes Ottawa Memorial VFW Post 5901 Auxiliary, LA SERTOMA and TOPS chapters, Head Start AAUDW, and various church and lodge meetings. Notable names include Peggy Billick, Letha Mae McCracken, Jean Bowers, and Anne Kobs with venues at Ash CHAPTER AU, Trinity United Methodist, First United Methodist, and Westminster United Presbyterian.

Job Ottawa Memorial VFW Youth Center Peggy Billick Sycamore Marais Des Cygnes National Federation of Lpns Ransom Memorial Hospital Trinity United Methodist Church First United Methodist Church Letha Mae McCracken Ash Chapter AU PEO Jean Bowers Bob McLain Hazel

Named Mr. And Miss OHS At Ottawa High Assembly

Janine Moore and Alan Keefer were named Mr. and Miss Ottawa High School at an assembly closing Student Involvement Week. The week featured candidate selections, Crazy Day Kiddie Day and Grub Day with themed dress and lively assemblies while regular classes continued and a school picnic occurred.

Carol Murphy Janine Moore Alan Keefer Miss Ottawa High School

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